A Text-Book of Botany for Colleges 



By WILLIAM FRANCIS GANONG, 



Professor of Botany in Smith College 

 Part I, The Structures and Functions of Plants. Illustrated 



Cloth, xii + 604 pp.. Index, III., izmo, $2.so 



This work embodies the results of the author's well-known interest 

 in educational problems, and his long practical experience in botani- 

 cal teaching. It is intended for college students in the general or 

 introductory courses in botany. While a clear exposition of the fun- 

 damental facts of the science is the first aim, the effort is also made 

 to keep prominent the idea of interpretation or explanation of the 

 principles of botanical phenomena, particularly those which are 

 fi-equently met with. The economic aspects of botany receive 

 carefvil consideration in conjunction with the scientific phenomena 

 which respectively underlie them. In order that the professor who 

 is using the book may be enabled to continue the type of laboratory 

 work which he has found adapted to his particular situation, the 

 book is prepared in the form of semi-independent sections, each of 

 which deals with a leading topic. This method of treatment will 

 also make the book desirable for the general reader who is interested 

 in the subject of botany and who finds the prevailing form of text 

 inconvenient for reference. 



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